Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The Tannery sector is one of the most important highly water polluting industrial category. India has about 3,000 tanneries with a total processing capacity of 700,000 tons of hides and skins per year. In this paper an attempt is made to know the pollution level in the effluent generated and …
An ecofriendly method, involving mild organic acids to hydrolyse delimed tannery fleshings (TF), has been developed. Combination of formic acid and propionic acid (1:1) was employed to obtain hydrolysates with higher degree of hydrolysis (DH). Better antioxidant properties were obtained by response surface method (RSM) using a factorial design. Effect …
Ludhiana: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has included names of four members from the industry in the high-level committee constituted for fixing norms at inlet and outlet of common effluent treatment plants to be set up in Ludhiana. The committee members have been asked to submit their report by November …
This article describes biotechnological modes, updated in terms of environmental remediation while exploiting natural resources. Modern biotechnology embraces not only the principles of using various organisms but also the techniques of doing so. Both the aspects are dealt with in detail. Removal of arsenic from aquifer is also discussed as …
Because of the high concentration of heavy metals in the sediment sludge produced from industrial wastewater treatment, direct disposal of this sludge in landfill sites will cause serious soil and groundwater pollution. Traditionally, the industrial sludge in Taiwan is first solidified and the products need to pass through the toxicity …
The interactions of methyl orange and two benzidine type azo dyes, Congo Red and Direct Blue 1, with some strong polycations with variable charge densities, having cationic centers in the side chain, were investigated.
This study presents degradation of textile azo dye by newly developed photo catalyst (methylene blue immobilized resin dowex-11; particle size, 20-50 mesh), which is a cheap and a very good alternative to traditional technologies for industrial application. Activity of catalyst remains unaffected on continuous use.
Describing the environment as the most neglected cause in the country over the years, the business leaders demanded the government to build central effluent treatment plants (CETP) on a priority basis at different industrial clusters. They also demanded long-term loans with low interest and withdrawal of taxes on chemicals used …
All owners dead except one after a trial lasting 25 years, a special court in Lucknow convicted the owners of a tannery for polluting river water. On June 2, the court sentenced the owners of East India Leather Company to six months
The quintessential example of large scale municipal wastewater reuse is the new Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System in Orange County, CA. The system treats clarified secondary municipal wastewater effluent and, utilising microfiltration, reverse osmosis and advanced oxidation to produce 70mgd of reclaimed water.
Responding to the show-cause notices issued by the Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa), a number of industrialists on Wednesday clarified their position with regard to their failure to meet the safe environmental standards, a source in the agency said. According to the source, owners and executives holding responsible positions in …
Many environmental problems arise from the deliberate or inadvertent abuse, misuse and over use of natural resources by human beings. In the past, changes were always slow, but this is no longer true. Industrial activities have drastically increased the pace at which changes in the environment are taking place. ITC …
The objective of this study is to find out the optimum OLR at which the UASB reactor can be operated in treating domestic sewage and sugar mill effluent, in conjunction at a predetermined optimum mixing ratio of 75:25.
Color and odour from integrated pulp and paper mill has been a matter of concern, on aesthetic sense, which has also been addressed in the CREP guidelines for the pulp and paper industry. Though the odour problem has been taken care by installing systems for NCG collection and combustion, the …
Pulp and paper industry is facing a major problem on account of increasing scarcity of water and stringent discharge norms introduced by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the form of CREP (Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection). Large proportion of water being discharged presently will have to be recycled back …
The survey revealed the fact that in India, alum is used for the improvement of effluent quality but the work on alum recovery and reuse is fragmentary. Therefore this work emphasized on recovery of alum from sludge and its reuse for waste water treatment. Various methods have been reported for …
Industries got a whacking yesterday as experts and environmentalists maintained that rivers around Dhaka are getting polluted wholesale by industrial waste. Even industries with effluent treatment plants do not run those facilities. The capital's sewage is also mostly untreated and dumped into the rivers as the Dhaka Water Supply and …
The Satpura Thermal Power Station is situated at Sarni, District Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The study deals with the assessment of the impact of thermal power plant activities on water quality of nearby area, industrial wastes has serious consequences from the point of view of pollution of streams and rivers in …